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GARBETT D. vPOST, MARINERS HARBOR, `NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ANNA POST, OF SAME PLACE.

lKNocK'nowN TABLE.

SPECIFIUATIOIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,471, dated February 20, 1883.

Application filed J' nly 12, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GARRETT D.Pos' r, of M arners Harbor, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Kockdown Tables, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is toprovide a table which may be readily taken apart and packed within a small compass for storage and transportation; and it comprises certain novel combinations of parts whereby this object is efl'ectually secured.

Figure l is an inverted plan view Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal sectional view on line x w of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a transverse sectional view of a table on line y y of Fig. l constructed according to my invention.

The legs A of the table are provided at theirv inner ends with inwardly-projectin g plates a, which are of metal and attached in any suitable manner to the legs. The upper end ot' each leg forms a shoulder, b. The bars B have their lower edges resting upon the shoulder -b and their upper edges provided with lateral horizontal flanges. transverse rods C, each provided at its oppol site ends with lian ges c, whichbear against the innermost surfaces of the plate ci.. Upon each end of each rodC is a screw-threaded bolt, f, upon which and against the outer snrfaceof the adjacent side piece, B, is screwed a nut, f'. The just-mentioned parts,connected asdescribed, constitute the legs and frame 'of the tabe, the said parts being capable of being very readily detached and laidin positions parallel with each other vto occupy a small space for package, storage, or transportation.

The top of the table is composed of the flat boards or leaves D, laid side by side in a transverse position upon the upper edges of the side bars, B. Each of these boardsv has attached toits under sde,and in positions transverse to its length', cleats g, which form stops At each end ofthe table are (No model.)

to prevent the longitudinal movement of the board or leaf in a direction transverse to the length of the table. Pivoted, as shown at a', to the under side of each of the cleats q is a button, E, which, when turned into a position substantially lengthwise of the board or plate, catches underneath the iiange c ot' the adjacent side bar, B,v and thereby holds the board or leaf snugly down upon said board, so that by this means the boards are held firmly in position to constitute the top of the table.

By turning the buttons out from under the flanges c the boards may be readily detached, laid one upon another, and thus, with the other portion of the-table knocked down, as hereinbefore described, may be made to occupy an extremely small space for storage or trans portation.l

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The table-frame composed `of the legs A, having the plates a, the 'side' bars, B, having the anges c, the rods G, having the flanges e, screW-threaded'endsf, and nutsf', all substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. rI lhe combination of the legs A, having shoulders b, the side bars, B, having anges c, rods C, and the leaves or boards having at their opposite ends cleats `g and buttons E, all substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

' 3. The combination of the leaves or boards -D,having the cleats g and buttons E,the side bars, B, having the flanges c,l the legs A, having the plates a and shoulders b, and the rods C, havin g-the shoulders e, screw-threaded ends f, and nutsf', all substantially as and for the Vpurpose herein set forth.

GARRETT D. POST.

Witnesses ATuoi/.ms E. CRossMAN,

RUDOLF BJELLMAN 

